How exactly does being partially color blind effect you in your profession? Lol
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Blame @cyclopath 
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I probably approved the share with @cyclopath and then forgot about it. No worries, @HeisenbergInd ! I was mostly just pulling your leg, anyway. Most of the [D8-THC from CBD via p-toluenesulfonic acid] technique is and has been public domain since Roger Adams, circa 1942… which is also why I’m not upset about @iLLnyeTheShatterGuy posting the optimizations he developed as my D8 tek client.
My document, a compilation of specific instructions and their combination with alkaline Beam test data, is my own little creation for use with trainees in my consultations. It is confidential for that use, but it is not “purely” intellectual property. Although I assembled my experiences and hypotheses in the document, the greater theory is already public (i.e. published) knowledge.
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It’s all good, brotha! I appreciate the in depth explanation of all your findings!
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Such a high proportion of D9 should be what many people want, maybe a mixture of D8 and D9 will make people have a new experience when using it.
It’s a much better experience. I run 1to1 D8 to D9 in my edibles. Formulate to .3% for compliance. The hard part is hitting the same D9% on each run. With anhydrous PTSA the difference between 45% and 5% D9 is about 2 minutes.
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This is a very wonderful point in time, thank you for sharing, I think it helped me a lot.
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I have registered for this forum for a while, thank you very much for sharing, I have learned a lot here. I am now going to buy my own equipment to start this interesting chemistry journey. But I am not sure what specifications of cryogenic cooling circulating pump to buy, please help me. My main configuration is as follows.
1、A 20L reactor. And it is equipped with a high temperature circulating water and oil bath with a capacity of 20L.
2、10L rotary evaporator. It is equipped with a vertical vacuum pump and a 10L cryogenic cooling circulating pump.
3、5L short-path distiller (equipped with magnetic stirrer).
4、A distilled water making machine.
My main question is what specifications should I buy for the low-temperature cooling circulating pump in the second item, whether the refrigeration capacity is -10°C or -20°C or other specifications, please give your reference. Thanks again everyone!
Chillers can be somewhat problematic so buy the best one you can afford. If you’re reactor and rotovap will each have there own chiller get a matched pair so if one goes down they can share untill the repair is made. The colder your chiller gets the stronger the vacuum you can use, the stronger the vac the faster the run.
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Honestly the best bang for you buck is in renting a chemist. You can get a 3 hour consult for the price of a kilo of isolate. A 20 liter reactor is going to eat kilo’s like tic-tacs your going to want that ole phone a friend option.
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thank you very much！
I don’t know what the cost of consulting a chemist is, and I’m willing to pay for it if the price is right.
Reach out to whomever you like and ask. @Roguelab what’s the going rate and availability for an D8/D9 consultation. You might could even purchase an sop to fit your equipment. It doesn’t take like to validate a consult when your dumping $1500 in a single run.
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Nice to meet you, thank you again for your help!
For those in the USA with little experience and practice
A real consultant is more appropriate
Than a guy like me that writes and talks in Morse code /telegram
But yeah if ever you liked chemistry these rxn are very doable by the beginner and with a little guidance made by the inexperienced
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Your probably one of the best consultants I’ve ever not paid. Most of my sop was written by following you around the comments. I’m currently running anhydrous PTSA in toluene my temps never get above 30c. It’s not yet perfect my highest D9 is 45%. I’m very thankful to you for
what you bring to the community.
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very nice COA
thank you~
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Anhydrous ptsa is a nice reagent
And tolueen is probably the easiest to make anhydrous with molecular sieves (1 ppm h2o)
So yes it s a great way to make D8
Reflux times extend quiet a lot
Knowing that normal ptsa will get you to full conversion in 120 min at 30 C on a alkane
Did you ever try in DRY conditions to boil your
Tolueen/cbd argon blanketed then add the ptsa then wash after no more than 20 min reflux
Yields of 70% d9 are possible might want to try
Have fun and be safe
Store your solvent a fair distance from where your rxn is happening
Friend of mine had a fierce fire by tripping over a jug Wich wasn’t well caped and shit hit the fan
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Another question I have to the chemists on this forum is
Wich oxide (metal) would not react with ptsa
Once one starts diving in the papers
The addition of a salt to the reagent is mentioned often and in my opinion is the solution to near perfect isomerizations
For borontrifluoride rxn s
Aluminium oxide and magnesium sulfate are used
For ptsa rxn magnesiumsulfate is used
And for tiba,phosforic and aluminiumcloride
It s molecularsieves
So it s obvious that adding something to the flask makes sense
I wan t to start trying oxides yust not sure Wich one s
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